The black, red, gray and pink design honors the thousands of individuals—mostly women—who were persecuted under the Scottish Witchcraft Act ...
Credit: Scottish Register of Tartans In collaboration with designer ... that the red threads represent the victims’ blood, the gray serves as a reminder of the ashes left after authorities ...
The Witches of Scotland tartan is predominantly black, grey and red – colours which represent the dark chapter of history, as well as its bloody outcome. Grey symbolises ash, pink stands for the ...
Thousands of people were executed under the Witchcraft Act in newly Protestant Scotland between 1563 and 1736. The law condemned […] ...